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President Donald Trump on May 27 threatened social media companies with new regulation or even shuttering a day after Twitter added fact checks to two of his tweets.

The president can't unilaterally regulate or close the companies, which would require action by Congress or the Federal Communications Commission. But that didn't stop Trump from angrily issuing a strong warning.

After Human Rights Watch on Sunday appealed for a stop to weapons exports to Saudi Arabia following last month's airstrike in Yemen that killed at least 26 children and wounded at least 19, new pictures show Serbian-made weapons being used in the conflict in Yemen. 

For another night, Twitter added its own stigma to the interview that Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras gave to public broadcaster ERT on Monday night. The hashtag #tsipras_ert caught fire on Greek Twitter, and here’s what twitter users had to say:

Indicative tweets:

Battles and battles fought! Take a break…

Alexis, left when you enter or when you leave?

Greek Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis, himself a prolific “Twitterati”, on Tuesday dismissed other Tweets claiming that a document with his government’s most recent (tax-laden) proposal to institutional creditors was returned because it featured his signature rather than Greek PM Alexis Tsipras.
Yanis took to Twitter himself and wrote:

Bully on him! America’s ambassador to neighboring Turkey on Friday mocked Ankara’s mayor for the latter’s derogatory rant against the US State Department’s spokeswoman last Wednesday, when the Turkish politician cited the Baltimore riots to goad Marie Harf, “come blonde, answer now.”

The Constitutional Court ruled on May 29 that the ruling to block YouTube violated the rights of users and freedom of speech.